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  2. THRILLING RESCUES FROM U S TRANSPORT

    Rescues were effected in a thrilling and daring manner by warships when the US Navy transport Wakefield (24,000 tons), formerly the liner ...

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  3. EYE-WITNESS AT DIEPPE

    Air-Commodore Adrian Cole, of Melbourne, saw the Dieppe raid from a ringside scat—the bridge of a British destroyer, on which his job ...

    Article : 340 words
  4. RUSSIA WANTS EARLY SECOND FRONT

    The Russians not only wanted an parly second front in Europe, but also hoped USA would keep the Japanese occupied in the Pacific, ...

    Article : 300 words
  5. LOSS OF MOUNTAIN PASS IN N GUINEA

    SOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA, Thurs: Heavy cost to the enemy does not minimise importance of the loss of the vital pass known as the gap in the Owen Stanley Range south of Kokoda. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  6. DAILY DIGEST

    Consensus of amateurs in USA is that the Allies should undertake a large-scale invasion of Europe with what equipment they now have ...

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  7. U S PUBLIC FAVOUR FARM PRICE FIXING

    The threatened Congressional revolt against President Roosevelt's "stand and deliver" order on farm prices and inflation has failed to ...

    Article : 365 words
  8. NATIONAL CONTRIBUTION SCHEME

    CANBERRA, Thurs: A suggestion that the Government should immediately apply a national contribution scheme to finance war expenditure ...

    Article : 780 words
  9. SENTRY WAS KILLED BY BULLET

    The body of Gnr John Hulston, l8, who disappeared from a sentry box at a military camp near Queenscliff early in the morning of Tuesday, ...

    Article : 248 words
  10. POPE INTERCEDES FOR FRENCH JEWS

    It is semi-offlcially reported that the Pope in a personal message to Petain has approved of the initiative of French ...

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  11. SHIP'S CAPTAIN TAKEN BY U-BOAT

    When a medium-sized US merchantman was torpedoed and sunk late in July several hundred miles off the cast coast of South America ...

    Article : 91 words
  12. GIRL STRANGLED WITH HANDKERCHIEF

    PERTH, Thurs: Visiting her uncle's home in a Perth suburb last night for tea, Katie Ashby, aged 9, was later found strangled in a garage ...

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  13. SPEED OF BRITISH STANDARD SHIPS

    Asked in the House of Commons why single-engined merchantmen were being built with a speed of 10 knots an hour, when 15 were ...

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  14. NO NEED TO VISIT N GUINEA, SAYS P M

    CANBERRA, Thurs: Mr Curtin to-day dismissed a suggestion by Mr Calwell (Lab, V) that he should go to New Guinea to gain first-hand ...

    Article : 108 words
  15. RECORD OUTPUT OF BEAUFORTS

    CANBERRA, Thurs: Production of Beaufort torpedo-bombers in the next 2 weeks would establish a new record, Senator Cameron. Aircraft ...

    Article : 98 words
  16. AUSTRALIANS BUSY IN MIDDLE EAST AIR BATTLES

    Australian airmen in the Middle East had a busy and successful day of battle on Tuesday. Besides a half-hour dogfight behind the enemy ...

    Article : 183 words
  17. CRITICISM OF CHURCHES RESENTED

    NEWCASTLE, Thurs: The attack on the churches made by Mr Hugh Sutherland, organiser of the Federated Englnedrivers and Firemen's ...

    Article : 385 words
  18. PLIGHT OF BURMA REFUGEES

    Another 1,500 refugees from Burma are marooned in northern Assam, states Evening Standard Calcutta correspondent. They include an ...

    Article : 119 words
  19. PARLIAMENT TO DISCUSS REFERENDUM ISSUES

    CANBERRA, Thurs: Whole question of the scope of the proposed constitutional referendum was under preliminary examination by the ...

    Article : 235 words
  20. 1d A BOX PRICE FOR MATCHES

    To charge 1½d a box for matches was illegal until the new price covering the higher excise duty had been declared, said Mr Bishop, ...

    Article : 88 words
  21. WOMEN WOOL CLASSERS

    Rates of pay for women employed as woolclassers were fixed in a judgment announced yesterday by the Women's Employment Board. ...

    Article : 83 words
  22. NAZIS TRY TO TURN FRENCH AGAINST ALLIES

    The Germans are doing their utmost to exploit the British and Allied air laids on Occupied France as part of a general campaign to create a ...

    Article : 180 words
  23. WOMEN RIOTERS IN BOMBAY

    Rioting all day long in Bombay on Wednesday ended with the curfew. More than 150 persons were arrested including 156 women. ...

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  24. CARGO PLANE ADVOCATE STILL CONFIDENT

    Mr Henry Kaiser, who can build ships faster than anybody else, has returned to the capital determined to convince Government officials of ...

    Article : 83 words
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  26. REPORT OF ROMMEL'S ILLNESS DOUBTED

    Daily Express says the report that Rommel is seriously ill and has been sent home to Germany may have been "planted" by German ...

    Article : 153 words
  27. TORRENTIAL RAINS IM SIBERIA

    "War knows no seasons," replied M. Litvinov, Soviet Ambassador, when asked, after he had been in conference with Mr Cordell Hull, ...

    Article : 87 words
  28. NO SUNDAY DOUBLE PAY

    President Roosevelt has signed an executive order abolishing double pay for work on Sundays and holidays as such, but permitting double ...

    Article : 49 words
  29. BODIES BURIED IN STUDENT'S GARDEN

    Gregorio Hernandez, 27, chemistry student, wept and prayed in gaol as the police sought to identify the bodies of 3 of 4 young women found ...

    Article : 89 words
  30. CLOSE CAUCUS VOTE ON TAX PROPOSALS

    CANBERRA, Thurs: After a tense scene in Caucus today it was decided by 23 votes to 22 votes to ask the Government to extend the system of ...

    Article : 185 words
  31. NAZI VANDALISM

    When Nazi sympathisers wrecked the Brooklyn branch of the American Jewish Congress they ripped and trampled on American flags, ...

    Article : 51 words
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  34. U S A's SYNTHETIC RUBBER PRODUCTION

    Industrial plants now being built in USA would pour out 1,000,000 tons of synthetic rubber annually by November, 1943, Professor Albert ...

    Article : 98 words
  35. PRISONER AMOK WITH SLEDGE-HAMMER

    SYDNEY. Thurs: Armed with a sledge-hammer and a large knife, a prisoner serving 7 years ran amok in the tailor's shop in Bathurst ...

    Article : 94 words
  36. HIRING OF LAND AND BUILDINGS FOR THE SERVICES

    CANBERRA, Thurs: New machinery for dealing with the complex problem of providing accommodation of all kinds for the services was ...

    Article : 233 words
  37. DAYLIGHT SAVING ON SEPT 27

    CANBERRA, Thurs: Daylight saving will begin at 2am, Sunday, September 27 next. An amendment to the National ...

    Article : 76 words
  38. FEWER NEW YORK TAXIS

    Drastic curtailment of New York city taxi services has been ordered by the Office of Defence Transportation. The 11,700 taxi-cabs in New York ...

    Article : 81 words
  39. SOLDIERS ON SEASONAL WORK

    CANBERRA, Thurs: Mr Forde, Army Minister, told Parliament to-day that 15,000 men had been released temporarily from the Army ...

    Article : 75 words
  40. LEND-LEASE IN REVERSE

    A gun factory which 6 months ago stood in a bomb-scarred city in England has since been dismantled and shipped piece by piece to the USA, ...

    Article : 73 words
  41. OPPOSED BY UNIONS

    A resolution submitted by Victorian branch Postal Workers' Union opposing introduction of daylight saving was passed by the Trades Hall ...

    Article : 100 words
  42. MUNITIONS FACTORY DISPUTE

    A conference was held yesterday morning between representatives of the Munition Workers' Union and the management of a munitions ...

    Article : 84 words
  43. PROSECUTIONS ON CANTEEN REPORT

    CANBERRA, Thurs: It was learned tonight that arising out of the report of the Canteens Board of Inquiry certain prosecutions will be ...

    Article : 37 words
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  45. BRAND FOR WERRIBEE BEEF

    In accordance with the stipulation made by the Commonwealth Government when it lifted the ban on the sale of beef from the Metropolitan ...

    Article : 73 words
  46. TWINS OF 90 CELEBRATE

    COLERAINE, Thurs: Twin sisters, Mrs Helen Brown and Mrs Elizabeth Douglas, celebrated their 90th birthday on Tuesday, when a family ...

    Article : 57 words
  47. TRIBUTE TO SENATOR JOHNSTON

    CANBERRA, Thurs: When the Senate met today tributes were paid to the work of the late Senator E. B. Johnston. The House adjourned ...

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